Ballroom Dancing in Baton Rouge

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News & Notes

Warren and Patricia Tuttle, of Alpharetta, Georgia, won the Senior II Standard Championship

at the 2011 USA Dance Gumbo of DanceSport Championships. Photo by Bogdan Oporowski.

Gumbo Championships Offer New Category

Louisiana's largest amateur competition, the Gumbo of DanceSport Championships, will be held at the Ponchartrain Center in Kenner, LA, June 28-30, 2019. For details see www.louisianadancesport.org.

National Organization

The leading national organization for amateur ballroom dancing is USA Dance. The Gumbo Chapter of USA Dance covers the members in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Houma, and the parishes in between. The Chapter also supports the Gumbo events.

USA Dance provides the governing body for amateur competitions in the USA, and dancers participating in comps sanctioned by USA Dance must be competitive level members ("dancesport athletes"). All members receive American Dancer magazine and e-mail news. Membership dues range from $10 for youth to $60 for adult athletes. For information and membership application forms contact either (a) the Gumbo Chapter at www.usadancegumbo.org, or (b) the national office at www.USAdance.org.